Selective score indicator for tests



Dec. 22, 1931. J. A. WILEY SELECTIVE SCORE INDICATOR FOR TESTS Filed Jan. 30, 1951 INVENTOR JA Wizey, 1Z6

' ORNEY Patented Dec, 22, 1931 f d n. ,wiL Y} or CEDAR. rents, IowA s'rmrzcmvn scorer} INDIGATOR'IOR 'insms.

Applieatio'n filed January 30'; 1931.- Serial no. 512,330.

My invention relates to improvements in selective score indicators for tests, and the object of my improvement is-to supply for collegiate or other testers, an apparatus, for convenient use by. aiperson under testin marking therein for subsequent-inspection indications. for ansWerstoquestions. on. a

questiona-ry, whereby such inspection. will 1 disclose to the tester at iaiglance either the correct or incorrect markings for "computation in making upa'score 1112511611 211 examination.

Another'object of my improvements is to arrange different elements of'the apparatus in a definite order, and with certain apertures for use in markings of-varying sizesor diameters, whereby the person under examination in making such markings cannot disclose to others bysuch markings'the actualcondition of his test by casual inspection" of L the combinedelements beforetheir separation 'for inspection by the tester of the answer-"receiving sheets therein.

., These objects I have accomplished the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which. are illustrated in the: ac-

companying' drawings, inwhich Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively front elevations of permanent, front and rear covers of the apparatus, Fig. 1 showing the apertured front cover, the

rearpover of Fig. 2 being imperforate. Fig. 8 is aview in perspective of the double flap sheet filler for use between and in registration with said covers, the front flap having certain apertures larger than and to be posi- Y tioned back of certaijnjof the smaller apertures in the front c0ver," while"the rear'flap is imperforate.

" As above stated,

the uses of my improved if notes the front coverthereof, jlpreferably ;:50

made ofwood or metahgas is alsothe rear cover.2, the latter being-imperforate, the formerv having numerous characteristically arrangedlike small diameter aperturesflor .oflike numbers. p

; As shown'insaidF-ig; 3,,the1numeral33 denotes a sheet having a single fold ipr oviding like registering parts or flaps of .which holes 5 in both horizontal-and. vertical rowsilifi the-rear flap at is unmarked and imperforat e, .50

w i e the r f p h s pu hed oraoth b wise formed therein a limited number of holes 8 which are. of larger size or diameter than the holes -5in the top cover 1, and when the. doubled sheet 3 is inserted between the .65 covers 1 and 2-in registration there'with',i are ,behi-nd certain of the smaller holes :5} inthe top cover, c oncentric therewith, andgbeing larger, are effectively coneealed asfsuch holes behind the front cover, as; the inner edges of 170 the larger holes 8' are covered ;by the' front cover, and because of the relative thinness of. the flap, 8, the locations of these, larger holes 8 cannot be described by. a person looking at the assembly. 1 The apparatus is. e ployed bya tester'in taking answer markings through the cover holes 5,. as by a pencil or iother"means,made by the pupil or-otherfpersonurider test, said answersbeing responsive" to certain'sugg'ested H8 answers only on a questiona'ry, of which {an exemp'lification isgiven belowi :cwa wy. 1

' testingappara't-us are these, fi'rst,'to'prevent 1. The 'capital.cityof-Iowa is'ze copying of a test answer marking therein by (a) OttumwaL another person thanthe one being examined, (6). Iowa City. and second, the recording on the inner sheets f'("0) Davenport;

'of'the'a paratus of indi'cati-onsmadeby'the d' De's Moines, 3 Q :p'erson 'eing examined, and wherebyfithe 9 -;e aterloo;

(0) Value tothe species.

2. The most reliable indication'that a particular human traitis'native, is: I a) -Universality. V

6) Presence in primates.

Referring to said Fig. 1, the numeral denotes in a verticalrow of ordinalsthe three questions or propositionsl, Q'an'd. 3 of said questionary, whose suggested answers (a) ter, and for single test purposes. W1thout deto (e) inclusive also shown on the question Vary, are represented by the same characters "rowatthe top of'th'e cover 1 over the vertical 'rows' of holes -5 of the cover. 'It' will be understood that any suit-able [securing or t c lampin'gmeans-niay be used to keep the "covers 1" and 2 with theinserted sheets or "flaps and t together against displacements or tampering but this invention-inheres at iany ra'tein the pile of said elements whether fasten'ed together or not.

Thestudent-nnder test, using 'apencil-or the like, willafter considering each proposi- H tio'n o'f th'e questionaryserially,'and if so I considering question 1, mark' through one of .the holes 50f the cover linthe upper hori- Tzontal row a cro s-9 or any other markin'g, "'s'uch-asa circle-within the circle of the' se-r -lected hole, at the hole under the letter 0, -as"] shown in FigIl. ;He proceeds-in the same awayto'set' down; markings in one hole :40 each of the horizontal rows opposite the ordinalsfiand 3,for a selected answer taken "from the suggested answers of the respective qilestions'; For-instance, in Fig. 1,11e may "have'marked the given sign through the hole '45 *at"c,in thefirst, 'at d in thesecond, and ate in thetop three rows which correspond to said threepropositions on" the questionary.

Them'arkings will show 'thr'ough all said h'ol'es,but the marker, and: any onlooker, cannot see or determine whether his markings ,have' passed through the larger. diameter 1 tween the covers, for the edgesof said-larger fholes arecon cealed beneaththe 'top cover 1,

located and indicatejthe correct answers to] the ,questionary, consequently in the example testers use, of the number 10f: uestions or propositions correctly answered-7 1 On the" upper sheet or flap 3, indicating an incorrect answer for scoringvby the tester.

It will be seen, that the tester is thus supplied on the upper-sheet 3with markings indicating incorrect answers, and on the lower I sheet 4 with markings indicating the correct answers, and in'scoring may employ either in determining the grade'of the student. Instead of using a folded sheet as shown to receive on its upper and lower parts the mark-- It will also be understoodflhat the draw-' ings are exemplifications of a simple characparting'fromtliis invention, the record sheets 1 andimayhe.rotated for e r e of its 1 7 20 (a) to (e) inclusive shown in a horizontal "er end in an upper position for a second test,

or in place of an 'imperforaterear cover 2 the rear cover may haverlikerows'of holes'5,but

relatively staggered or alternated so that markings through said rear holes will impress indications on the rear faces of other sheets 3' and it placed in-the apparatus also fo'rsuch other'tests, whileall in oneappliancei These 1 7 changes. o up ications; a dwitl v .in the scope ofim rclaims.)

Having descri 'eda my; invention,

claim as new, and desire to secure :by Letters Patent,is: r I

I 1; Apparatusiof the characterydes cribed, 1

'comprisin in icombinatiom front and: rear superpose registerin covers, the front 00V- er having ,nu'merous" lkQ'Hh OleSiO'f small ,diameter arranged in both: horizontal .andvertij- .cal rows to correspond respectively. to fque'stions of a 'questionary' and to suggested an swers thereof on the questionary, and sheets 1 between said "covers, they'forwardgsheet have --ing, holes of greater diameter than those, of

the front cover, under and? concentric with the coverhol'es-and concealed thezcover, the :rear' sheeti being imp 'cover 'beingimperforate. v i

2; In apparatus of thechara cter a cover having holes of-relatively small diamear; a pair of sheets below said cover, the "forward sheethaving tewer'holes 'of' greater diameter than the cover holes, positionedbe holes 8 of the top flap 13 (of paper inserted; be-

I and'concealed bylthec'oven'and the rearsheet v 3; In apparatus ofthe character described,

low [the cover holes concentric? therearound being imperforate.

erforate, and the rear a cover having regularly arranged Knows of holes of relatively small'diaril'eter anayreiae Ted inarrangement to the arrangementiofcer- "so shown,'thecorrectlyplaced markings19will ;tain questionsjand suggested answer- 361 be penciled on the blank im'perforate rear v sheet or flap 4:,maki1ig a record there for the i part having larger holesandsuperjpos'ed parts to receive markings onfthe forward partloiily other hand, the marking QFisLma de 0Iithe cthrou'ghathe cover hole'snot;alined' withsthe JAMES A. WILEY. 

